!The Book and TV Special* {{Anvilicious}}: The book is constantly telling you the importance of nature. Although, that is very much the point. To many, [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped this is part of its charm]].** Others have argued that the message itself ''is'' actually subtle when compared to other GreenAesop[=s=] - or at least it was for the time.*** And AnAesop that went overlooked was the fate of the town in the TV Special - once the Truffula trees were gone, they picked up and moved to brighter pastures, as any GhostTown in the Western US[[note]]Established during the Gold Rush in the 1800s[[/note]] can attest to being TruthInTelevision.* TearJerker: Any of the reprises played during the exoduses of the Barbaloots, Swamy-swams, Hummingfish and Once-Lers. Also the song Once-Ler sings when he's analyzing himself, guilty of what he's done and personally ashamed to be a Once-Ler.* TheWoobie: The titular Lorax REALLY gets put through the wringer, and you'd want to give the poor guy a hug after seeing his home destroyed and his friends cast out of what was once their own home.* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Even the Once-Ler is pitiable in the end, left alone in the ruins that he essentially created.

!The Film* {{Anvilicious}}: Just like the book was. Particularly the musical numbers.** Many actually consider it to be even worse because it neglects the subtlety and StrawmanHasAPoint moments from the original. * SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: ** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0frZxH_asqM How ba-ah-ah-ad can I be?]]** John Powell's orchestral work on the score is spectacular as usual.** [[http://www.myspace.com/music/player?sid=86644319&ac=now At first I didn't realize I needed all this stuff...]]* BrokenAesop: All right, so pollution is bad both for wildlife ''and'' humanity... Except no one in Thneedville has suffered anything from it and the local economy actually DEPENDS on the city air being polluted.* CriticalDissonance: Critics are split down the middle, and fans of the original book aren't crazy about it, but general audiences mostly seem to like it fine.* CrossoverShip: The Once-ler seems to have become the patron saint of this trope. Go to any movie's YMMV page that lists crossover ships, and it will likely list the Once-ler paired with whoever's in the movie.* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: It's difficult not to want to be in the Once-ler's shoes during "How Bad Can I Be". Though he's brought back to earth ''hard'' in the following scene.* EarWorm: ** "How Bad Can I Be?" and "Let It Grow (Celebrate The World)".** Even a few people who don't like this movie have admitted that "Thneedville" is pretty awesome.* EstrogenBrigade: Younger Once-ler attracts A LOT of this. To the point that he has become a fandom of his own.* FandomBerserkButton: For purist Seuss fans, this whole movie is one, from the above-mentioned [[AdaptationalAttractiveness "hotter" and too-sympathetic Onceler]], as well as his FreudianExcuse, to the copious amounts of padding (the actual story from the book only lasts about fifteen minutes!) and gags, especially the ones involving the [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter animals]], the kicker being the HateSink character Mr. O'Hare, which disobeys Dr. Seuss's [[HeelFaceTurn standards about comeuppance]].* {{Fanon}}: ** In the case of Ted's mom, some have christened her as "Helen", named after Dr. Seuss' first wife, as in a similar fashion how Ted and Audrey's names were based off of.** The Once-ler's mother's name being Isabella. But the funny thing is, ''nobody'' knows how that name came to be or where it even came from but [[SureLetsGoWithThat many decided to use it]] when referring to her in fanfics or in general.** How Ted's grandmother came to know the Once-ler in the first place (well, enough to know he's probably on the outskirts of town). Some fashion that they had a romantic relationship throughout his journey into becoming the CorruptCorporateExecutive he turns into in the end. * FixFic: The amount of time devoted to things that weren't part of the source material, the way a large portion of the original story was abridged into a single song sequence, and the fully resolved happy ending in place of a thought-provoking question-mark ending make it like one to an extent.* FunnyAneurysmMoment: All those cute scenes of the Once-ler interacting with the animals are considerably less heartwarming knowing what he ends up doing to all of them.* HilariousInHindsight: ** Those MisaimedMarketing deals down below that make the Lorax into a product mascot? The film mirrors this in one scene where the paparazzi takes a photo of the Lorax accidentally holding a Thneed, then posting on an ad now claiming Thneeds are "Lorax approved".** That 'Let It Grow' song...[[Disney/{{Frozen}} does it remind you of anything?]]* LoveItOrHateIt: Critics are generally split right down the middle when it comes to their opinions on this film. * MemeticMutation: "''Dat's'' a woman??" Helped in no small way to aaaaaaaaaaall the trailers including this line!** TrailerJokeDecay: This line was hit with it hard.* MisaimedMarketing: ** Mazda using the Lorax, with all its [[GreenAesop Green Aesops]], to shill their gas-guzzling, pollution-spewing [=SUVs=] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9VthuI30JI this commercial]].** Also promoting the movie is the typical host of theater paraphernalia... including putting the film's logo on disposable paper popcorn holders. Again, it does not take a genius to ascertain why this runs somewhat counter to the message of The Lorax.* {{Misblamed}}: A number of viewers and critics accused the Lorax of trying to kill Once-ler by sending him afloat the river on his bed... despite the fact that it was a freak accident from a sleeping Once-ler that put his life in jeopardy (his leg accidentally steers the bed down the wrong stream, toward a waterfall), and the Lorax outright ''says'' after he saves Once-ler that he ''didn't'' want him dead, just to "harmlessly drift away downstream". If he had really wanted Once-Ler dead, he probably wouldn't have used a pair of bar-ba-loots as a MagicalDefibrillator.* NightmareFuel:** Old Man Once-ler when he's first seen peering through the window and ''reaching out'' at Ted, but he just gets less scary from there. ** Also, "How Bad Can I Be" is pretty fun and upbeat for a VillainSong...until the very end, which has a giant Once-ler looming over the entire forest which he is destroying, giving a SlasherSmile after shouting the last lyrics "HOW BAD COULD THIS POSSIBLY BEEEEEE?" -->Once-ler: '''WHO CARES IF A FEW TREES ARE DYING?'''** If you think that's scary, listen to its DarkReprise, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpgUQYARIsw Biggering]] (complete with storyboard to tickle your imagination). There was a reason it was cut from the film.--> Once-ler: "'Who cares if a few THINGS are dying? I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOUR CRYING!'"** Ted nearly [[OffWithHisHead having his head cut off]] after running into that abandoned super-axe-hacker.* RomanticPlotTumor: Some find the Ted and Audrey subplot as this.* TheScrappy: O'Hare to some, both for being an unnecessary addition to the story and for being such a one-dimensional villain. Also, his design falls a bit into the Uncanny Valley. If this film was going to have a villain, couldn't it be one with charisma?* StrawCharacter: All versions of ''Literature/TheLorax'' have this to some extent, but the 2012 one in particular gives no explanation as to why people run corporations that could hurt the environment other than "they're greedy scumbags". The Once-Ler in the book was at least trying trying to make a fortune and do some good; in the film all he wants to do is to please his (strawman) family, and O'Hare in particular has more than once been compared to a ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanet'' villain. * TastesLikeDiabetes: Its more "lighthearted" moments which are subjected to overly cheerful song and dance numbers are this, most likely in the very beginning and very end. Its bright, colorful visuals don't help either. And completely caramelized when little 3-year old Marie suddenly started singing.* TearJerker:** The last Truffula tree falling.%%** "Unless".* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: ** Characters, plural. The Once-Ler's family actually made far more interesting villains than O'Hare being naturally un-supportive, greedy, and manipulative. Wouldn't it have been better for more of the conflict to show ''them'' how destroying nature is a bad thing and along the way, maybe reconcile with his family?** The Once-Ler himself counts. His role as antagonist is a lot more ambiguous when compared to his abusive family and O'Hare, both of whom come off as a DesignatedVillain. The movie could have easily done away with him without losing any conflict.* WhatAnIdiot:** Maybe the Once-Ler could have told his greedy family that harvesting Truffula leaves by clearing cutting the forest is as ridiculously self-destructive a business practice as an apple farmer harvesting by chopping down his orchard. Or if he just planted as many seeds as trees he cut down this would have never happened. Or the fact he didn't set his entire business around a single product from a limited resource. ** The aforementioned Mis-blamed. If the Lorax wanted the Once-ler to float harmlessly down the stream, he should have placed him further down the stream, away from the waterfall turnoff, so there wouldn't be the possibility of him turning down into danger. The turnoff wasn't that far away from where he was placed, and a large roaring waterfall is hard to miss.* TheWoobie: The Once-ler. His family and the townspeople mock him at first, his greed and years of success are glanced over and he ends up spending the majority of his life as a forgotten, guilt-ridden hermit. Had they shown more of his bad side, his punishment wouldn't seem so unjustifiably extreme.----